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Court Revives Employee Lawsuit Over Racist Receipt
Jun 18 2012 // A shoe store clerk who was fired after inadvertently giving a receipt containing a racial slur to a black customer has the right to sue her former employer for defamation, a federal appeals court ruled. The decision by the...
The Next New Thing
Jun 18 2012 // Coverage Issues from Fracking Claims Every few years there are predictions of a new type of claim that threatens to engulf carriers. In the 1980s and 1990s it was environmental clean up claims and SuperFund, followed...
Victim in Arizona Shooting Files Suit Against FBI
Jun 18 2012 // The surviving victim of a 2009 Arivaca, Ariz., home invasion that left a young girl and her father dead says the FBI should have prevented their deaths. The Arizona Daily Star reported that Gina Gonzalez claims in a...
Family of Girl Who Died at Los Angeles Rave Settle Lawsuit
Jun 18 2012 // The family of a 15-year-old girl who died of an ecstasy overdose at a rave at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in Southern California will receive a $190,000 lawsuit settlement on behalf of the stadium, the event’s...
Navigating Construction Accident Litigation
Jun 18 2012 // Between 2006 and 2008, there were 7,461 claims involving falls resulting in $243 million-plus in reserves, according to Bradford S. Purcell, a partner at the Illinois-based law firm of Purcell & Wardrope. During that...
Why Purchase Side ‘A’ Directors & Officers Liability Coverage?
Jun 18 2012 // Our clients sometimes ask why they should purchase side “A” directors and officers (D&O) liability coverage to protect their directors and officers from lawsuits when they are already providing broad...
Examining Contractor Coverage: How to Avoid Holdbacks in NYC Public Contracts
Jun 18 2012 // The standard construction contract with the City of New York contains a number of provisions that allow the city to retain a portion of payments on a project. The typical retainage “holdback,” where the city...
Professional Liability Exposures Evolve with Changing Healthcare Environment
Jun 18 2012 // National healthcare reform legislation passed by Congress in 2010 may or may not survive consideration by the U.S. Supreme Court, but the healthcare system already has been evolving in ways that are likely to proceed...
WellPoint to Settle Class Action Over Anthem Demutualization for $90 Million
Jun 17 2012 // Health insurer WellPoint Inc. has agreed to pay $90 million to settle a class-action lawsuit against its Anthem unit over accusations the company did not fairly compensate former members when Anthem was converted from a...
Alliant Gets Favorable California Rulings in Aon Litigation
Jun 15 2012 // Newport Beach, Calif.-based Alliant Insurance Services got favorable rulings from a U.S. District Court in California in its litigation against Aon Corp. and its subsidiaries. In June 2011, Alliant joined with former Aon...
Facebook, Banks Want Shareholder Lawsuits in New York Court
Jun 15 2012 // Facebook Inc. and its lead underwriters Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and JPMorgan Chase & Co. have requested that shareholder lawsuits over its $16 billion initial public offering be grouped together in...
Montana Families Sue Over Prescribed Fire, Property Damage
Jun 15 2012 // Three families have filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Forest Service alleging an August 2010 prescribed burn got out of control near Lincoln, causing the “total destruction” of their property. The Independent...
JetBlue Fliers File Suit in New York Over Pilot Scare
Jun 14 2012 // Ten passengers are suing JetBlue over a flight during which a pilot had to be physically restrained after screaming about religion and terrorism. They claim the airline was “grossly negligent” in allowing him...
Former Medical Director Sues Hilo’s Bay Clinic
Jun 14 2012 // The former medical director of a Hilo, Hawaii clinic claims in a lawsuit she was forced to resign for being a whistleblower. Hawaii Tribune-Herald reported Tuesday Dr. Fatima Philips’ lawsuit claims she was stripped...
Chubb Adds Covert Shipment Tracking to Suite of Security Services
Jun 14 2012 // The Chubb Group of Insurance Companies and FreightWatch International are teaming up against record-high levels of cargo theft. FreightWatch, which reported an 8.3 percent increase in the number of cargo thefts last year,...
Ex-Partner Sues Dewey, Says Law Firm Was Ponzi Scheme
Jun 14 2012 // A former partner at Dewey & LeBoeuf has sued a group of the law firm’s ex-leaders for fraud, saying they ran the now-bankrupt firm as a Ponzi scheme to benefit themselves. Henry Bunsow, an intellectual property...
Asarco Files Lawsuits For Help With Cleanup Costs In Montana
Jun 13 2012 // Asarco LLC wants three other companies to help pay for environmental cleanup required in Montana at its former lead smelter in East Helena and a silver mine near Philipsburg. Asarco filed lawsuits in U.S. District Court in...
NFL’s QB Young Sues Ex-Agent, Former Money Adviser
Jun 13 2012 // NFL quarterback Vince Young has filed a fraud and breach of contract lawsuit against his ex-agent and a former financial adviser. The Houston Chronicle reports that the lawsuit filed Monday in Houston claims...
New York City Pension Fund Sues Wal-Mart Over Mexican Bribery Allegations
Jun 12 2012 // New York City’s pension funds on Monday became the latest group to file a derivative lawsuit against Wal-Mart Stores Inc. based on reported allegations of bribery in Mexico and a possible cover-up by Wal-Mart...
Delaware Chancery Court Allows Derivative Suit Vs. Botox Directors
Jun 12 2012 // Directors of Allergan Inc. must face a lawsuit over $600 million in fines the company paid for misbranding its Botox treatment to smooth out wrinkles, a Delaware judge ruled, in a decision that could affect securities...
